The '08 election results are in. According to my friends, who received an informal presidential straw poll from me in my capacity as a volunteer teacher in China, Barack Obama is the winner. He is a crushing, massive winner, earning almost five times more votes [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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Zhong Fu was not impressed: “Your national polls disagree with your friends.”
One wonders how much of Zhong Fu’s view of America is based on the opinions absorbed from his teacher and his teacher’s friends.
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